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Author Topic: Gold Aureus Vs Gold Solidus  (Read 1284 times)

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Offline Phillipe C

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Gold Aureus Vs Gold Solidus
« on: January 11, 2015, 03:42:57 pm »
What are the Key differences between the two Coins other than the name and price. Was the Solidus less valuable in its day than the Aureus??

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Re: Gold Aureus Vs Gold Solidus
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2015, 04:12:26 pm »
If you look at your post, you will notice that both aureus and solidus are links you can click, leading to Numiswiki, hosted by FORVM here. It will answer basic questions such as this.
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